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i think the obama administration was right. they have had greater success in getting a greater amount of sanctions. the point at which i find it to be less important is it's not bringing us closer to a resolution. i think the biggest mistake from the u.s. side was once the turks and brazilians managed to intervene and negotiate with iran and get them to put their signature on a deal, the obama administration was so deep into its -- >> what brazilian deal? >> i explain this in detail in the book. they negotiated with iranians and got them to agree to a deal that was following the same benchmarks as the deal the u.s. put on the table a couple of months earlier. at that point, the iranians did not come and give a yes to the proposal. a couple of months later, some things had changed. but the bottom line is that deal called the tehran declaration, followed a letter the president sent to the leaders of brazil and turkey only three weeks later. but by that time the obama administration was so deep into the sanctions drive, two days b
i think the obama administration was right. they have had greater success in getting a greater amount of sanctions. the point at which i find it to be less important is it's not bringing us closer to a resolution. i think the biggest mistake from the u.s. side was once the turks and brazilians managed to intervene and negotiate with iran and get them to put their signature on a deal, the obama administration was so deep into its -- >> what brazilian deal? >> i explain this in detail...
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well, the obama administration doesn't torture. and he's said that. >> he said that soon after he came into power. >> yes, he did, in fact -- >> and you believe him? >> i do. and in fact, he was instrumental in arguing for and then, as president, releasing the legal justifications that the bush administration had relied on to conduct the program and opened them to the light of day. and they were reviewed and harshly criticized. in fact, some of the authors were even considered for censure. the fact of the matter is the two branches of government set up to keep a watchful eye on the president in these areas, have a lot of trouble doing it for a variety of reasons. the courts have trouble taking these cases. there are so many constitutional and common law and statutory limitations on their ability to hear, even hear these questions, never mind resolve them, that we're not -- we don't know what the constitutional outcome is, because the courts aren't ruling on it. >> i'm not convinced that the u.s. doesn't torture at this moment just
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general jones is far from the first heavy weight of the obama administration to lead. the budget director has gone and senior economic adviser, chief of staff, rahm emanuel left last week and robert gates is due to go next year. these white house jobs are grueling. turn over is to be expected and the obama administration will take on a new look in the coming here. but if this continues, well, the obama administration runs the risk that it looks like it is starting to weaken and the president who is struggling to get his message on the economy and the war in america will want to avoid this at all costs. >> a meeting of foreign ministers from the arab league has agreed talks with israel cannot continue while israel builds on jewish settlements in palestinian land. after hearing from the palestinian president, they were trying to put pressure on israel to extend the settlement freeze and save the talks. we have reports. >> putting a brave face on things, according to some reports, abass is at the end and is ready to walk out not only on the peace talks but on the palestin
general jones is far from the first heavy weight of the obama administration to lead. the budget director has gone and senior economic adviser, chief of staff, rahm emanuel left last week and robert gates is due to go next year. these white house jobs are grueling. turn over is to be expected and the obama administration will take on a new look in the coming here. but if this continues, well, the obama administration runs the risk that it looks like it is starting to weaken and the president...
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in any case the obama administration want it both ways. they want to demonstrate they are strong on the war or terror that there is continuity. and at the same time they want to demonstrate they are different. but at the end of the day they are not very different from the bush administration policies that were handed over in 2009. >> ifill: david cole what about this, the targeted attacks, the rendition, they continue? >> well, they are not different in terms of using the criminal law to prosecute people within the law with. what they are different, and i think where they have tacked against the path and just tack against the path is in insisting that in conducting this war we're not going to throw out the rule book. we're to the going to throw out the laws of war. instead we're going to pursue this war within the frameworks of the laws 6 war. and it is important that we distinguish what we are doing now from what we did then. because remember, what did the bush administration give us, it gave us abu ghraib and guantanamo, probably the two
in any case the obama administration want it both ways. they want to demonstrate they are strong on the war or terror that there is continuity. and at the same time they want to demonstrate they are different. but at the end of the day they are not very different from the bush administration policies that were handed over in 2009. >> ifill: david cole what about this, the targeted attacks, the rendition, they continue? >> well, they are not different in terms of using the criminal...
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, it will be on more of a procedural one than racial profiling so they could side with the obama administration on that, too. >> up on capitol hill this week, there was an unusual hearing where some of the -- several of the justices came and testified at the judiciary committee and we don't see that very often. what did you think about that hearing? >> i was thinking about you when i heard justice scalia say, learn to love the gridlock, because he said, hey, in his usual way of saying, hey. gwen: janet already loves this. >> that, you know, face it, the framers of the constitution thought not everything should get passed but it was senator patrick leahy and the senate judiciary committee had justice stephen breyer up there to talk about the role of the justices under the constitution. gwen: it's unusual for justices to testify. >> the scene of the crime is the senate judiciary committee when they're trying to get through the process and only a handful of times have justices returned to testify on something so we thought it would be a terrific moment. gwen: they were comparing who got the most v
, it will be on more of a procedural one than racial profiling so they could side with the obama administration on that, too. >> up on capitol hill this week, there was an unusual hearing where some of the -- several of the justices came and testified at the judiciary committee and we don't see that very often. what did you think about that hearing? >> i was thinking about you when i heard justice scalia say, learn to love the gridlock, because he said, hey, in his usual way of...
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last seen in washington as the white house chief of staff for the obama administration. is this going down ramifications for our presidential election? >> i do not think it will. this is a fight between the mayor and his teachers union. >> 23 other states are debating the same stuff. >> that's a bigger issue. the reforms that you look at the in what they're doing in chicago, they're cutting edge. it is butting up against the way things have been on for a long time. it is not just that there are lots of experiments being done in cities to try to improve schools. in d.c., we had big fights about some other issues. >> we have a lot of charter schools. >> the administration is supportive of many of those types of experiments. the education department has encouraged it in many ways for the same reason, just trying to get verification system back up and moving -- our education system back up higher and moving in a direction in which the kids have the skills they need. short-term, it will not affect this president. >> this is huge. politically, it's huge because the teacher uni
last seen in washington as the white house chief of staff for the obama administration. is this going down ramifications for our presidential election? >> i do not think it will. this is a fight between the mayor and his teachers union. >> 23 other states are debating the same stuff. >> that's a bigger issue. the reforms that you look at the in what they're doing in chicago, they're cutting edge. it is butting up against the way things have been on for a long time. it is not...
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what ought the obama administration be doing? >> i want to see team remove the punishments from the law and say, sure test kids, let's see how doing and use the sunshine. let's use it to help kids and help schools. stop closing schools and tell the states if you tell them anything. tell them to send in an inspector team and let's find out every scol has a different reason for having low scores, it may be because the kids don't speak english or they arrived in the school three grade levels behind and it is not the fought of the school. they may have a heroic taffe and you don't close it just because the scores are low. you have to have an individual diagnosis and come up with solutions and come up with resources to help themive -- improve the school. >> my main msnbc is take a positive encouraging approach to low performing schools rather than close them down and fire the staff. >> i want to end the conversation where we began. we began by my congratulating you on being on the "new york times" best-seller list. that's not easy to
what ought the obama administration be doing? >> i want to see team remove the punishments from the law and say, sure test kids, let's see how doing and use the sunshine. let's use it to help kids and help schools. stop closing schools and tell the states if you tell them anything. tell them to send in an inspector team and let's find out every scol has a different reason for having low scores, it may be because the kids don't speak english or they arrived in the school three grade levels...
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gwen: a huge day for the supreme court yields a big reprieve for the obama administration. the surprise man in the middle: chief justice john roberts. but is his the last word? >> when we return the week of july 9th, i've scheduled a vote for total repeal of the obamacare bill to occur on wednesday, july 11. >> our mission is clear -- if we want to get rid of obamacare, we're going to have replace president obama. gwen: a week full of hot-button action includes a critical immigration ruling and a vote to find the attorney general in contempt of congress. >> in fact, what they're doing is covering up their own false statements. >> shame on you! shame on you! gwen: high drama in washington. covering the week, joan biskupic of reuters, pete williams of nbc news, john dickerson of "slate magazine" and cbs news and naftali bendavid of "the wall street journal." >> award winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washi
gwen: a huge day for the supreme court yields a big reprieve for the obama administration. the surprise man in the middle: chief justice john roberts. but is his the last word? >> when we return the week of july 9th, i've scheduled a vote for total repeal of the obamacare bill to occur on wednesday, july 11. >> our mission is clear -- if we want to get rid of obamacare, we're going to have replace president obama. gwen: a week full of hot-button action includes a critical...
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it's a position the obama administration embraced. writing to a friend that the injury to taxpayer is small. and the defending the arizona tax credit as a neutral program of private choice. all to this the dismay and surprise of proponents of strict separation of church and state. >> it is truly shocking that the obama administration through the solicitor general has taken the position to deny access to the courts for arizona taxpayers and to support what is unequivocally a directÑiçó funding of religio private schools. >> more than the administration brief, president obama'sÑi cour appointments cgur" change the landscape on the issue of church and state. he replaced retiring justices john paul stevens and david sutter, the staunchest advocates of church and court separation. it's a new court and this case could provide a glimpse of where the church stands on the issues. for religion & ethics news weekly, i'm tim o'brien. >>> in other news, close to 100 victims of clergy sexual abuse gathered near the vatican for a candle light vi
it's a position the obama administration embraced. writing to a friend that the injury to taxpayer is small. and the defending the arizona tax credit as a neutral program of private choice. all to this the dismay and surprise of proponents of strict separation of church and state. >> it is truly shocking that the obama administration through the solicitor general has taken the position to deny access to the courts for arizona taxpayers and to support what is unequivocally a directÑiçó...
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the obama administration argued that central -- federal law trumps that state law. and that the obama administration has different priorities for immigration enforcement. gang members, people who have committed crimes, potential terrorists. they said that the federal law preefments the field but it seem told me that the supreme court justices were not buying that part of the law. they said all the arizona police do here is call up the federal government, call the federal center and say hey, we have a guy here. do you want him held or no the and when the lawyers say no, we don't want him, they're supposed to let him go. gwen: the chief justice was the one who said don't we want to know? >> right, he said it sounds like the federal government doesn't want to know who's here illegally. there are two sections that may not fare as well. because they make it a crime to do something that is not a crime under federal law for illegal immigrants. that is to not get a job and to not have their federal papers. those parts may not be upheld. >> is this the end of the road for im
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so for the obama administration, the timetable of this is going to overlap or coincide very likely with that decision. so a lot of what happens over the next nine months may be political, who is joining the task force, what are they asking for, how does this dovetail with the political case he's making that he's a steward of the environment. >> margaret, thanks so much. >> you it. ♪ >>> and now to our signature segment featuring in-depth reporting from around the nation and from around the world. for years now energy companies have been drilling underground to extract natural gas using a process known as fracking and for just as long, many environmentalists have insisted that it's just not that safe. we look at an unlikely coalition that has formed in pennsylvania between some environmental lifts and a number of oil and gas companies. they say it will allow fracking to continue and ensure that safeguards are taken. rick carr reports. >> environmentalists have been protesting against fracking in pennsylvania ever since the natural gas boom about ten years ago. >> a resounding no to fra
so for the obama administration, the timetable of this is going to overlap or coincide very likely with that decision. so a lot of what happens over the next nine months may be political, who is joining the task force, what are they asking for, how does this dovetail with the political case he's making that he's a steward of the environment. >> margaret, thanks so much. >> you it. ♪ >>> and now to our signature segment featuring in-depth reporting from around the nation...
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. >> rose: the obama administration is at a critical point in its policy towards iran. although it says the door is still open for negotiation, the administration is increasing pressure on the iranian government. in the state of the union address last week, president obama appeared to take a tougher stance. >> diplomatic efforts have assisted with those nations that are in pursuit the nuclear weapons. north korea faces increased isolation and stronger sanctions, sanctions that are being vigorously enforced. that's why the international community is more united and the islamic republic of iran is more isolated. as iran's leaders continue to ignore their obligations there should be no doubt, they, too, will face growing consequences. that is a promise. [applause] >> rose: general david petreus, top commander in the region made rare comments about defensive measures. u.s. cruisers are now patrolling off the iranian coast at all times, at least four arab countries have accepted the deployment of patriot antimissile system. as the u.s. continued to rally international suppor
. >> rose: the obama administration is at a critical point in its policy towards iran. although it says the door is still open for negotiation, the administration is increasing pressure on the iranian government. in the state of the union address last week, president obama appeared to take a tougher stance. >> diplomatic efforts have assisted with those nations that are in pursuit the nuclear weapons. north korea faces increased isolation and stronger sanctions, sanctions that are...
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this is the first veto by the obama administration, which had been promising better relations with the arab world, especially, of course, at this most delicate of times. much more on this and all the international news any time on line, but bbc.com. you can get in touch with me and most of the team now on twitter. and you will see what's coming up on facebook. thanks very much indeed for watching. come again. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was brought to you by kcet los angeles.
this is the first veto by the obama administration, which had been promising better relations with the arab world, especially, of course, at this most delicate of times. much more on this and all the international news any time on line, but bbc.com. you can get in touch with me and most of the team now on twitter. and you will see what's coming up on facebook. thanks very much indeed for watching. come again. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from...
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it took about one year into the obama administration before they did it up again. that is when the health-care debate got a second wind, and i think that is one of the lessons of this book. everyone to martin luther king to the current situation, you need people on the outside to keep people on the inside honest. tavis: i am glad you mentioned dr. king, one of the greatest americans of the 20th century. let me link king to obama, since you mentioned both of their names. president obama, on the fund- raising trail, he has said any number of times -- he has retold that story many times. i have got a whole bunch of romney questions, as well. so the president tells this story time and time again. i am not the only one. there are a lot of folks in the media who have written about this. he does not like progressives whining about this. rahm emanuel, so dismissive of the left, dismissive of progressives. so here is the irony of this. so dr. king is a famously known as foretelling lbj -- is with dr.known for telling lbj, king and asking martin to tone it down, and he said,
it took about one year into the obama administration before they did it up again. that is when the health-care debate got a second wind, and i think that is one of the lessons of this book. everyone to martin luther king to the current situation, you need people on the outside to keep people on the inside honest. tavis: i am glad you mentioned dr. king, one of the greatest americans of the 20th century. let me link king to obama, since you mentioned both of their names. president obama, on the...
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the bishop of pittsburgh said the obama administration has told catholics, quote, to hell with you. the contraception controversy became an issue in the ongoing gop presidential primary. at recent campaign stops, newt gingrich accused president obama of waging, quote, war on religion. especially against the catholic church. as for the catholic vote in last week's florida primary mitt romney got 56% while gingrich got 30% of his fellow catholics. evangelicals in that race divide their vote almost evenly between gingrich and romney. rick santorum picked up 19% of their vote and ron paul 4%. meanwhile, jewish groups are spearheading efforts to have obama administration to head off an disaster in sudan border region. american jewish world service said the government must allow food aid for hundreds of,0 thousands of people facing starvation. some 400,000 people have been displaced in ongoing border conflict. >>> we have a special report on a christian couple in congo trying to offset some of the inhumanity especially against woman caused by militas fighting for the past 20 years over th
the bishop of pittsburgh said the obama administration has told catholics, quote, to hell with you. the contraception controversy became an issue in the ongoing gop presidential primary. at recent campaign stops, newt gingrich accused president obama of waging, quote, war on religion. especially against the catholic church. as for the catholic vote in last week's florida primary mitt romney got 56% while gingrich got 30% of his fellow catholics. evangelicals in that race divide their vote...
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administration to the obama administration. >> there are certainly a lot of these brugzs going on right now. by many accounts there are five ongoing or taken place since obama administration came into office. it's hard to know in what we call the espionage act leaks prosecution, whether the obama administration should really be thought to be responsible for them in a strict sense, in that a lot of the matters are left over from the bush administration from the post-9/11 concern about classified information, about the threat of terrorism, and so forth. so it's not clear whether this is entirely an initiative on the part of the obama administration or if obama officials are basically acquiescing in cases that got start under the previous administration. >> suarez: drake was charged under the espionage act, the same act that auld red james and other famous spies have been charged under. but was he really more of a whistleblower than a spy? >> well, certainly he and his allies contend he was really a whistleblow blower. he was trying to alert first folks inside the government, in congress,
administration to the obama administration. >> there are certainly a lot of these brugzs going on right now. by many accounts there are five ongoing or taken place since obama administration came into office. it's hard to know in what we call the espionage act leaks prosecution, whether the obama administration should really be thought to be responsible for them in a strict sense, in that a lot of the matters are left over from the bush administration from the post-9/11 concern about...
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the obama administration issued i think this is the first time have a public copy of this. this is their approval. it's basically a carte blanche recipe for disaster because they did not require extraordinary measures. >> brown: chairman oberstar, a democrat, took issue. >> i think it's inflammatory to call it the "obama oil spill," and wrong. those approvals that the gentleman cited were given early in the obama administration by careerists who were not policy appointees. sgloun b.p.'s lamar mckay was asked about the chemical dispersants beeb used at the wellhead to break up the gusher. the environmental protection agency gave approval for its use just last week. democratic peter defazio of oregon asked why b.p. selected the chemicals it did. >> there are others that e.p.a. measures more effective on this grade of oil and less toxic. why aren't you using those? because i'm concerned about what's in the water column here and what we're not seeing. >> we're using the preapproved dispersants. i believe-- >> there are 13 preapproved but there are some that are less toxic and m
the obama administration issued i think this is the first time have a public copy of this. this is their approval. it's basically a carte blanche recipe for disaster because they did not require extraordinary measures. >> brown: chairman oberstar, a democrat, took issue. >> i think it's inflammatory to call it the "obama oil spill," and wrong. those approvals that the gentleman cited were given early in the obama administration by careerists who were not policy appointees....
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>> you know, the obama administration put an emphasis on alliances. and there's no question, she set out. she repaired the relationship with europeans. she brought about closer relationships with southeast asian countries in an effort to pivot towards asia and sort of create a buffer against china. but if you look at how that translates into policy, i think there is a bigger problem. she was very good going out to a country, soothing ruffled feathers, for example, with officials in afghanistan and pakistan. and speaking out to the public. but what kind of a lasting impact did it have. for example in pakistan where i was there when she deflected criticism, angry shouts from students and she had them eating out of her hands. but in pakistan the government is still providing shelter for the taliban. and there's still no real solid ra approachment between us and then. so it is very hard to see that her soothing, her repairing of applianc appliance-- alliances necessarily resulted in concrete policy achievements. >> suarez: susan, wasn't it a pretty compli
>> you know, the obama administration put an emphasis on alliances. and there's no question, she set out. she repaired the relationship with europeans. she brought about closer relationships with southeast asian countries in an effort to pivot towards asia and sort of create a buffer against china. but if you look at how that translates into policy, i think there is a bigger problem. she was very good going out to a country, soothing ruffled feathers, for example, with officials in...
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is the obama administration being lax on pornography? his attorney general, eric holder, has shut down a special task force in the justice department designed to prosecute pornography cases and redirected that work to u.s. attorneys' offices and to a special division aimed at combating child exploitation. but that has done little to appease conservatives, who equate the closing of the task force, with the obama administration giving up on the issue altogether. a group of mostly republican senators recently sent a letter to attorney general holder urging him to prosecute all major distributors of adult obscenity, saying, quote, "we know more than ever how illegal adult obscenity contributes to violence against women, addiction, harm to children, and sex trafficking." the task force was created during the bush administration in response to pressure from social conservatives concerned about online pornography -- a $13 billion industry with some 12% of online sites selling it. i can see two conservative takes on this right now. one would be
is the obama administration being lax on pornography? his attorney general, eric holder, has shut down a special task force in the justice department designed to prosecute pornography cases and redirected that work to u.s. attorneys' offices and to a special division aimed at combating child exploitation. but that has done little to appease conservatives, who equate the closing of the task force, with the obama administration giving up on the issue altogether. a group of mostly republican...
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. >> this week on to the contrary, the obama administration comes out for gay marriage. then, are majority female unions being unfairly besieged in state and national budget battles? behind the headlines former network news anchor carole simpson on racism and sexism in the media. >> hello i'm bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, gay marriage. in a move this week with implications for the 2012 presidential race, the obama administration says it will no longer defend the defense of marriage act or doma. the act defines marriage as only available to a man and a woman. it denies marriage based federal benefits to same sex married couples. u.s. attorney general holder deems the 15-year-old federal law unconstitutional. the decision is caution quite a stir on capitol hill with some republicans calling it political. during his 2008 presidential campaign, president obama said he did not support the right of gay couples to marry. and now he reveals his position on the issue constantly evolving. same se
. >> this week on to the contrary, the obama administration comes out for gay marriage. then, are majority female unions being unfairly besieged in state and national budget battles? behind the headlines former network news anchor carole simpson on racism and sexism in the media. >> hello i'm bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, gay marriage. in a move this week with implications for the 2012 presidential...
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what the obama administration did is let's do the opposite of clinton did. let's bring them in the tent. i'm not sure it was a mistake. the fact is there's no perfect way to do this. >> suarez: professor morone? >> we've been working on this since 1915. if it were easy, if as john says there were a script to succeed, we would have figured it out long ago. we ought to note that the obama people have gotten this through both house and senate for the first time since we've been seriously arguing about it in congress. that would be 1938. so they've played the inside game really quite brilliantly. as for outside game, remember, this is is a bill that actually helps the insurance industry. it's like franklin roosevelt saving the banks. it's like lots of other examples in american history where the industry is actually helped and protected from some of the more out raged critics. in this case people demand ago single payor. i think the insurance industry will not roar back when they think about what some of the alternatives are to the obama plan which leaves them a
what the obama administration did is let's do the opposite of clinton did. let's bring them in the tent. i'm not sure it was a mistake. the fact is there's no perfect way to do this. >> suarez: professor morone? >> we've been working on this since 1915. if it were easy, if as john says there were a script to succeed, we would have figured it out long ago. we ought to note that the obama people have gotten this through both house and senate for the first time since we've been...
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what is at stake for the obama administration? >> the stakes are not that high. as far as a national security issue, i believe the question of palestine ought to be resolved and solving it will help the administration solve other problems in the region. >> steven cook and gustan, thank you for being on the program. >> thank you for having me. >>> authorities in indonesia say that one of the moisture ror fugitives may have been killed in a shoot out with police. it happened at an internet cafe. media outlets say that the suspect, known by the single name dule martin was killed in approximate one of two raids. he was trained in pakistaand wanted for the 2002 terror attacks in bali. president obama will visit indonesia later this month. >>> and an island today, seven people wererested in a connection to kill a swedish prophet. the four men andhree women were foreign-born irish residents from morocco and yemen. they had been under surveillance since last november. the artists said that he believed the arrests were linked to two calls that he killed in january about t
what is at stake for the obama administration? >> the stakes are not that high. as far as a national security issue, i believe the question of palestine ought to be resolved and solving it will help the administration solve other problems in the region. >> steven cook and gustan, thank you for being on the program. >> thank you for having me. >>> authorities in indonesia say that one of the moisture ror fugitives may have been killed in a shoot out with police. it...
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and t obama administration if they're smart time to rethink. rhaps start a plan to g our bt in ord. >> t next question,hat are the ill reply indicaons for the unitestates? i think it underscores the seriousness of this d that yo can see sovereigndefault. a country literallyoing bankrupt. it wou be a terrible thg to th global economyif that haden here b this des underscore, the dollar is e currency of lastresort, if y ll. this puts thu.s. in power for a little whilelonger. >> in terms of the wider problems going on within europe's economies, arehese vernment policy or are ey deep seadand a l more structural and it will take a lot more time to fifl. >> countries like greece, spain, italy, they have major ructural problems. but for europeas a whole, this will mean someajor fisc tightening a it will mn countrs like german and frce and the uk will have to take more of e burden. iefly, there have been some resistance by the european unio with the bailout what wasehind that hesitation? >> i think moreesponsible nations think w shoulde bail out tse fec
and t obama administration if they're smart time to rethink. rhaps start a plan to g our bt in ord. >> t next question,hat are the ill reply indicaons for the unitestates? i think it underscores the seriousness of this d that yo can see sovereigndefault. a country literallyoing bankrupt. it wou be a terrible thg to th global economyif that haden here b this des underscore, the dollar is e currency of lastresort, if y ll. this puts thu.s. in power for a little whilelonger. >> in...
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gwen: so this would deal with both the obama administration and the states challenging this law, they both want them to hurry up. >> they're saying take it up in the normal course of things and the justices have essentially until about january to set this term's slate of cases, and with both parties, as you said, coming in asking for it, especially the obama justice department saying, no more appeals in lower courts, let's come right now, i think the justices will take it. >> can i follow up on that, in that the appellate courts have split on this. is there any early tea leaf reading on what the supreme court may end up doing on this? or is it too difficult to anticipate? >> well, here's the deal, there is plenty of case law to support this mandate being held constitutional. as everybody knows, it's the individual mandate that says everybody has to buy health insurance by 2014. there's law out there that that the justices have ruled for that would support it but like everything else at the supreme court, you can find case law on both sides. i actually think this might not be as tough
gwen: so this would deal with both the obama administration and the states challenging this law, they both want them to hurry up. >> they're saying take it up in the normal course of things and the justices have essentially until about january to set this term's slate of cases, and with both parties, as you said, coming in asking for it, especially the obama justice department saying, no more appeals in lower courts, let's come right now, i think the justices will take it. >> can i...
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the obama administration, the u.n., the e.u., they have no easy solutions because the other side here is hamas and hamas is not recognized as a legitimate partner by any of the serious players in the international community. and nobody even suggests to turn hamas into the legitimate palestinian player now. so there is no easy way out. what i do sense in the israeli reactions in the past two days is besides the obvious effort of the political echelon to put the blame on the military, to limit any inquiry to the military ranks and so on is limiting the scope and the goal of the gaza siege. if beforehand the government used to tell us that it's not... that its goal is to save our prisoner from captivity and so on, now it's only about inspection of ships. and this could be carried out in different ways. >> rose: how should we look at this, rob? >> i think it's precisely not what this discussion is about, which is the operational misstep which is i think that's a legitimate question to raise and people could inquire into it. i think the real question is what neil was referring to earlier,
the obama administration, the u.n., the e.u., they have no easy solutions because the other side here is hamas and hamas is not recognized as a legitimate partner by any of the serious players in the international community. and nobody even suggests to turn hamas into the legitimate palestinian player now. so there is no easy way out. what i do sense in the israeli reactions in the past two days is besides the obvious effort of the political echelon to put the blame on the military, to limit...
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when possible, the obama administration wants to try them in court. the obama administration is discovering issues with the rule of law. [unintelligible] this could have implications for the trials of other guantanamo detainees, including khalid sheikh mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks. this is a problem for the administration. here is how the top government legal officer responded today. >> the courts have shown an ability to handle these types of cases over the years. we can successfully do that in the future. >> and there are always the military commissions. the obama administration has not use them, but a former bush administration official says they are an important tool. >> now it is time for them to make the case for commissions. >> trials were never going to be easy, but ahmed khalfan ghailani was meant to be one of the more straightforward ones. bbc news, new york. >> the cia used a secret prison in europe to torture its most important terror suspects officials uncovered a secret network. the bbc has learned there is evidence of a c
when possible, the obama administration wants to try them in court. the obama administration is discovering issues with the rule of law. [unintelligible] this could have implications for the trials of other guantanamo detainees, including khalid sheikh mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks. this is a problem for the administration. here is how the top government legal officer responded today. >> the courts have shown an ability to handle these types of cases over the years. we can...
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>> i think the bush -- >> obama administration. >> i know, wishful thinking -- the obama administration is quick to keep them. they think it's a good issue in the campaign. i am not sure how sound economics is, but tim geithner is out there saying it will hurt the economy if they are allowed to be extended. i think the right solution is to defer the expiration for a year or two, because we are not in a position of creating jobs and are still in very sluggish economy. you do not want to raise taxes. i think as a political issue -- democrats do not have a lot of arguments on economics, and they can i give as usual that republicans want to protect the rich -- they can argue as usual that republicans want to protect the rich. >> you heard newt gingrich say that increasing taxes on people who create jobs -- not me, but my wife -- we are among those who benefit from that tax bracket. we do not create jobs at all. >> i think it will end up taking it from the middle -- >> the top? >> no, middle-to-lower-income folks. >> my colleague fareed zakaria -- congress should do what it does best, and no
>> i think the bush -- >> obama administration. >> i know, wishful thinking -- the obama administration is quick to keep them. they think it's a good issue in the campaign. i am not sure how sound economics is, but tim geithner is out there saying it will hurt the economy if they are allowed to be extended. i think the right solution is to defer the expiration for a year or two, because we are not in a position of creating jobs and are still in very sluggish economy. you do...
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and obama administration. and did they have this green jobs training program when you were there or is this new under the current administration? >> this is new under the current administration. but looking at the women's bureau and the work it does i think it's been struggling for a couple of decades with its own identity. 90 years ago, the women were not in the workforce in full. and they had to bullypulpit to say how women should be and healthcare and education and a number of fields. and right now, women are integrated in to our government, our work life, our -- they have earned more degrees. they are starting to find a place for themselves where they can speak out and advocate women's policies. and it is a challenge. it is a small agency with a small staff and budget and they have a couple of pilot programs which are fantastic but the impact is not larger because they are not working across the board with other government agencies and a lot of professional associations. in advancing stem. >> are you sayin
and obama administration. and did they have this green jobs training program when you were there or is this new under the current administration? >> this is new under the current administration. but looking at the women's bureau and the work it does i think it's been struggling for a couple of decades with its own identity. 90 years ago, the women were not in the workforce in full. and they had to bullypulpit to say how women should be and healthcare and education and a number of fields....
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administration. so clearly, they were happy, if there was going to be healthcare reform, they were happy with what they got, again, to the point that their stock went up. so is it just the financial industry that has government by the throat? or does it move beyond that? >> actually, i included a chapter in this book about the healthcare reform, specifically to point that out, that, in fact, the insurance industry, you know, they were able to survive this entire healthcare reform effort without having anybody touch their antitrust exemption. not many people know that insurance companies are legally allowed to collude and set prices, all the things, the movie "the informant" with matt damon in it that villainized agricultural companies for getting together and setting a price on corn product, people don't realize that that's legal in the insurance industry and that was preserved throughout this process because the insurance companies were able to meet with the obama administration and cut backroom dea
administration. so clearly, they were happy, if there was going to be healthcare reform, they were happy with what they got, again, to the point that their stock went up. so is it just the financial industry that has government by the throat? or does it move beyond that? >> actually, i included a chapter in this book about the healthcare reform, specifically to point that out, that, in fact, the insurance industry, you know, they were able to survive this entire healthcare reform effort...
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. >> let it be said that the obama administration has deported more illegal aliens in three years than the bush administration did in eight. that is one of the reasons there was less enthusiasm in the hispanic community in particular. this will help overcome that, but there's still deep suspicion in that community because of the very significant deportation efforts by the obama administration. >> politically, what to the numbers look like, lois? >> obama is about 67% in the latino community. i think it is too late. romney cannot get that back, given what happened during the primaries, where he said he would do everything but put rottweilers at the border. >> if you look at a game plan of the obama campaign, everything is sliced and diced. where are they with independents? >> they are splitting independents. what michelle obama is doing is going out and splitting the base. they i tackling interest groups as they go. >> i think that politically, this is a nonstarter for the republicans. romney is in a worse position, because he is still beholden to the right wing of his party and they ha
. >> let it be said that the obama administration has deported more illegal aliens in three years than the bush administration did in eight. that is one of the reasons there was less enthusiasm in the hispanic community in particular. this will help overcome that, but there's still deep suspicion in that community because of the very significant deportation efforts by the obama administration. >> politically, what to the numbers look like, lois? >> obama is about 67% in the...
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the obama administration of late has been trying to quietly ease saleh from s office. even though he's been a vital ally in fighting a potent al qaeda branch based in yemen's hinter lands. l in a bbc interview saleh warned that al qaeda had infiltrated the protestors' camps and that the west should s be wary. >> why is the west not looking at this destructive work and its dangerous implications foron the future? they're ignoring what al qaeda is doing in yemen, and they will pay the price. >> warner: on saturday, the obama administration applauded the statements from saleh and the opposition accepting the gcc deal. by late today two protestors were confirmed dead bringingin the death toll to more thann 140 in the last two months. for more on the upheaval andph uncertainty in yemen, we turn t christopher boucek, an associate in the middle east program of the carnegie endowment for international peace. he travels frequently to yemen. and barbara bodine, u.s. ambassador to yemen from 1997 through 2001. she's now a lecturer and diplomat-in-residence at princeton's woodrow
the obama administration of late has been trying to quietly ease saleh from s office. even though he's been a vital ally in fighting a potent al qaeda branch based in yemen's hinter lands. l in a bbc interview saleh warned that al qaeda had infiltrated the protestors' camps and that the west should s be wary. >> why is the west not looking at this destructive work and its dangerous implications foron the future? they're ignoring what al qaeda is doing in yemen, and they will pay the...
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>> what does the obama administration believe is an appropriate use of rendition? >> the - what know so far is th the obama administration intends continue the process of rendition, but were hopeful that it wille not rendition to rture, but, rather, rendition to criminal trial. >> you mean extraordinary rendition is off the table, that's not goingto happen? >> well, weave reason to belie that the obama administration will not alwing the cia, will not be allowing any of its operatives to tnsfer individualso countries where they m be subjted to torture. but rendition, are old, will continue to criminal prosecuon in various countries that the individual may besent to. >> should thenited states be rendering terror suspects to overse justice? what's the point of it? >> the unid states shouldn't be renderinganyone anywhere unless is pursuant to a judicial process in the country in which the rson was picked up. every indidual on the planet has a right toe free from arbiary detention. andifou are denied judicial press at the point of pture, then that's a dnapping and it sh
>> what does the obama administration believe is an appropriate use of rendition? >> the - what know so far is th the obama administration intends continue the process of rendition, but were hopeful that it wille not rendition to rture, but, rather, rendition to criminal trial. >> you mean extraordinary rendition is off the table, that's not goingto happen? >> well, weave reason to belie that the obama administration will not alwing the cia, will not be allowing any of...
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>> well, we will work closely with the obama administration. we will take stock, but that's not about whether to support the strategy of nato and agree to the-- it's how to support it. of course a new government wants to look at the role of british forces over the coming years. but we will be there. we want this to succeed. it is vital for our national security and america's national security for operations in afghanistan to succeed. >> warner: do you think the obama administration strategy is the right course? >> yes. we want to give it the time and support to succeed. but,,, at every stage, as the situation develops, we want to be there helping to shape the decisions and be-- and form a close political partnership with the obama administration. again, that's why i've come here so quickly. >> warner: nick clegg has talked about a five-year withdrawal timetable for afghanistan and i think david cameron also talked about 2015. will this new government be seeking some sort of time limit on how long british forces will be there? >> we're not going
>> well, we will work closely with the obama administration. we will take stock, but that's not about whether to support the strategy of nato and agree to the-- it's how to support it. of course a new government wants to look at the role of british forces over the coming years. but we will be there. we want this to succeed. it is vital for our national security and america's national security for operations in afghanistan to succeed. >> warner: do you think the obama administration...
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the realtest will be how does the obama administration take adntage of this potential opportunity? and whher or not north korea is willi to engage in a bstantive way that will actually lead to rea progress. i mean, thisdministration has said there not going to pay twice for the se agements at were de before and we see... i'mure the north koreans are master at this, whether or nothey canxtract something ahead of time in exchge for the same things they've given befo. >> rose: was it guaranteed that the formerresident would see kim jong il? wathat part ofthe packa? was thatmportant t both sis? i think it was important to noh korea. i don't know how important it was to the unid states. >> i w just going to say it's alsonteresting who accompanied president clton. he was accompand b john desta who was former white house chief oftaff and also the transion director for president obama. he was accompanied by a former gh-ranking state department official who is a specialt in kore affairs. no government officials-- current vernment officials-- but a prettyood, powerful tea of people whore exp
the realtest will be how does the obama administration take adntage of this potential opportunity? and whher or not north korea is willi to engage in a bstantive way that will actually lead to rea progress. i mean, thisdministration has said there not going to pay twice for the se agements at were de before and we see... i'mure the north koreans are master at this, whether or nothey canxtract something ahead of time in exchge for the same things they've given befo. >> rose: was it...
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it is a good message. >> why did the obama administration respond almost immediately to this thing without anybody getting hurt to process? > -- giving her due process? >> they are hypersensitive to the charge that they are soft on black people. look, there is no moral equivalency when you talk about those involved. andrew breitbart, who pushed the tape -- >> biggovernment blog. >> did not apologize, sees no reason to apologize. he knew exactly what he was going to do. it was mean-spirited, ugly, and he knew exactly what he was trying to achieve by putting that out there. >> the only reason this is a story is because the obama administration, a democratic administration, canned her immediately. as she set herself in the interview, she was told on the telephone that it was going to be on "glenn beck" this afternoon. in fact, he did not have the story and was not intending to. it was the paranoia, and the naacp -- >> no, that is absolutely -- >> attacked her without checking the tape -- >> absolutely wrong. the culprit is andrew breitbart, who put out that droctored tape. >> you are absolvin
it is a good message. >> why did the obama administration respond almost immediately to this thing without anybody getting hurt to process? > -- giving her due process? >> they are hypersensitive to the charge that they are soft on black people. look, there is no moral equivalency when you talk about those involved. andrew breitbart, who pushed the tape -- >> biggovernment blog. >> did not apologize, sees no reason to apologize. he knew exactly what he was going to...
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. >> the second obama administration began with a 19- minute 2114-word address that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell described as an unabashedly left-of-center speech that brought back memories of the democratic party of ages past. >> our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see america as a land of opportunity, until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of detroit to the hills of appalachia, to the quiet lanes of newtown, know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm. >> immigration, gun control, and the comments on climate change, income inequality, and the need to preserve medicare, medicaid, and social security, and you have a pretty good picture of where he wanted to the country. how would you grade the president's speech? >> as a speech, a lot better than the first. i thought the crowd had a blast. and it was a speech that does represent his overall view
. >> the second obama administration began with a 19- minute 2114-word address that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell described as an unabashedly left-of-center speech that brought back memories of the democratic party of ages past. >> our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see america as a land of opportunity, until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from...
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will netanyahu ask the permission of the obama administration, and if the obama administration is known to oppose it, will he go ahead? >> well, if the obama administration is known to oppose it, i mean there's no secret about this, you've heard defense secretary gates, you've heard the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mullen all say that they believe that an attack on iran would be a disaster and the response by the iranians would not be containable or controllable. >> charlie: i also know that people use nuance behind the scenes as well. >> they do. and president obama has used the israeli threat quite skillfully i think in the diplomatic effort as if to say, for example for the chinese, you ought to get behind the sangions because if you don't and the israelis act by themselves, there will be far more disruption of oil from the middle east to china than it would be to do this in an orderly and diplomatic way. the president's on both sides of this. he used the israeli threat when it's suited him and at the same time i think he's trying to restrain the israelis. how realistic is t
will netanyahu ask the permission of the obama administration, and if the obama administration is known to oppose it, will he go ahead? >> well, if the obama administration is known to oppose it, i mean there's no secret about this, you've heard defense secretary gates, you've heard the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mullen all say that they believe that an attack on iran would be a disaster and the response by the iranians would not be containable or controllable. >>...
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senate says the obama administration aears to be creating a nixonlike enemies list of people who disagre with or criticize the psident. senator lama alexander, who worked in e nixon admistration, says that this streetrawl strategy can giv you a lot of trouble house minority leadejohn boehner says the obamahite house is practicing chicago- style polits. that may be a compliment, i am not sure. mike all and jim vandehei of "politico" wro that presiden obama is working systetically to marginalize the most powful forces behind a republican party, including the chamber of commerce, the insunce indust, rush limbaugh, and f news. >> there is a huge downside for prident obama, because people voted for him because the like e post-partisan willingne to ify witother people. the danger is that if you start fighting with a bunch of grou, you look le just another politician. >> mike alleneported on friday that friends are urgin fox impresario roger ailes toun for preside in 2012. according to a new a news/"washington pt" poll, only 20% of people identify as republics. in the same poll, 83% o all indep
senate says the obama administration aears to be creating a nixonlike enemies list of people who disagre with or criticize the psident. senator lama alexander, who worked in e nixon admistration, says that this streetrawl strategy can giv you a lot of trouble house minority leadejohn boehner says the obamahite house is practicing chicago- style polits. that may be a compliment, i am not sure. mike all and jim vandehei of "politico" wro that presiden obama is working systetically to...
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but the obama administration and its military advisors have so far resisted that request. and in treaties from members of congress for intervention. nevertheless earlier today the president said there were ongoing talks over an armd response. >> we've got nato, as we speak, consulting in brussels around a wide range of potential options. including potential military options. in response to the vileen... violence that continues to take place inside of libya. >> woodruff: defense secretary robert gates who has warned against a third u.s. intervention in a muslim nation has publicly said imposing a no fly zone amounts to an act of war. gates was asked today during an an unannounced visit to afghanistan about the potential for a military response in libya. >> i think we will have to monitor the situation very closely. we will do whatever the president directs us to do. but i think at this point there is a sense that any action should be the result of an international sanction before anything is done. >> woodruff: russian foreign minister, however, said today his nation would o
but the obama administration and its military advisors have so far resisted that request. and in treaties from members of congress for intervention. nevertheless earlier today the president said there were ongoing talks over an armd response. >> we've got nato, as we speak, consulting in brussels around a wide range of potential options. including potential military options. in response to the vileen... violence that continues to take place inside of libya. >> woodruff: defense...
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campbell is attacking boxer and the obama administration for fiscal irresponsibility. >> there is no plan for reducin. they know we printed so much money and borrowed so much money that the prospect of inflation is real. >> reporter: campbell is more moderate on social issues; he supports gay marriage and abortion rights. >> there was a time when there was a fight for the soul of the republican party. it was on the social issues. but that's not now-- the focus is on economics. and that's my strength. >> reporter: and he makes the case republicans should vote for him because he says he has the best chance of beating boxer. mark dicamillo, who directs the independent field poll, confirmed that. >> campbell does better against boxer, mainly because he does better among non-partisan voters, the kind of voters who are kind of up for grabs in a statewide general election. >> reporter: his most recent poll showed campbell leading fiorina by six points in the primary, both of them tied with boxer. devore is trailing. but with the primary in june, it's still early in this campaign, and voter
campbell is attacking boxer and the obama administration for fiscal irresponsibility. >> there is no plan for reducin. they know we printed so much money and borrowed so much money that the prospect of inflation is real. >> reporter: campbell is more moderate on social issues; he supports gay marriage and abortion rights. >> there was a time when there was a fight for the soul of the republican party. it was on the social issues. but that's not now-- the focus is on economics....
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felt about it, the obama administration would then drop back. and, you know -- gwen: not happening. >> and that's not happening. >> that makes me want to ask, does president obama believe that prime minister netanyahu can make peace, that he is a man who could deliver this? >> in many ways, that's exactly what all of this is about. i don't know the answer to that question, but i can certainly say with some -- i definitely think that president obama does not know for sure that he is. gwen: can i ask one question? since you were on that trip, did you get some sense of the insult from vice president biden or from anybody who was traveling on this trip when this happened? >> apparently, vice president biden himself took it calmly, was business-like, there was not a great explosion about biden himself but from all indications when word got to washington, the president was -- vice president actually in his speech on thursday, at tel aviv university, spoke very favorably of prime minister netanyahu. it looked like the storm had passed. we got on the pl
felt about it, the obama administration would then drop back. and, you know -- gwen: not happening. >> and that's not happening. >> that makes me want to ask, does president obama believe that prime minister netanyahu can make peace, that he is a man who could deliver this? >> in many ways, that's exactly what all of this is about. i don't know the answer to that question, but i can certainly say with some -- i definitely think that president obama does not know for sure that...
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>> i think a lot of this speaks to the ambivalence the obama administration has had about the war. secretary of state hillary clinton is one of the people who pushed for the intervention. i think you showed secretary of defense robert gates who has for weeks now been saying, we're already in two wars in iraq and in afghanistan, we need to be careful here about defining the mission. he was very, very cautious. i think part of the reason you saw secretary of state clinton out there is because after the arab league voted to invite this no-fly zone and invite this assault, she was the one out there hearing from all these diplomats and all these different country the british, the french, who said the united states has to lead on this. she's sort of the first port of call for the rest of the world. gwen: secretary clinton is also the one ho said before the president did that gaddafi should go. but regime change is not the goal here. how do they justify that? >> >> there are two halves to the administration's policy and the administration is -- administration is pretending there's not a c
>> i think a lot of this speaks to the ambivalence the obama administration has had about the war. secretary of state hillary clinton is one of the people who pushed for the intervention. i think you showed secretary of defense robert gates who has for weeks now been saying, we're already in two wars in iraq and in afghanistan, we need to be careful here about defining the mission. he was very, very cautious. i think part of the reason you saw secretary of state clinton out there is...
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they lost control well into the obama administration. they went from issue to issue, health care being the biggest issue. but they went from issue to issue. and they get swept up in washington instead of remembering the constituents out there who need to be informed and mobilized. they got into the weeds in this town, and the republicans took it away from them. >> here is jeanne cummings in "politico" this week. "apathy in the liberal base, republican rage, traced back to early 2009, and the white house either miscalculated the risk or intensified it with its actions." >> they have these three big forces, and if you look at what they are -- those are the head winds, coming from three different directions. if you look at a liberal apathy, it begins and the first week, when the progressive community was upset that it give up on its own stimulus plan, that it was not big enough, speaking of paul krugman. if you look at the flight of the independents, that started in the spring, when the economy hit 9.5%. independents were with him in the be
they lost control well into the obama administration. they went from issue to issue, health care being the biggest issue. but they went from issue to issue. and they get swept up in washington instead of remembering the constituents out there who need to be informed and mobilized. they got into the weeds in this town, and the republicans took it away from them. >> here is jeanne cummings in "politico" this week. "apathy in the liberal base, republican rage, traced back to...